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Video. Rock bottom birth rates: What are Europe's least fertile nations?

Updated: 21/07/2025 - 15:24 GMT+2

While parents should have at least two babies to keep Europe's population stable, current birth rates barely exceed one. Will the new wave of over-60-year-old boomer fathers save the continent?

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